From:
Sukie Crandall
Date: 2008-06-08 17:03:52 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] just a little more on Hilbert's asthma
To: fhl <ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com>, ferret-l@LISTSERV.FERRETMAILINGLIST.ORG
If he clears up completely today or tomorrow it could be due to the
horrid amounts of cigarette smoke which can come into our condo when
the most recent neighbor downstairs (who now smokes outside sometimes
if the weather allows, lowering the burden) stops smoking outside due
to heat or cold. The smoke levels that travel along pipes and
sometimes vetnts gets dramatically worse when her smoking daughter or
her smoking ex-husband, or both visit -- and I think both visited
yesterday night and overnight because I got nailed badly myself
starting a few hours after coming home.
It's known that ferrets have an assortment of problems with tobacco
smoke (which is why they are used a research model animal for the harm
that tobacco smoke causes). Whether asthma is among those things I
don't know and my eyes are not up to checking abstracts today but it's
certainly something I could suspect is possible.
He has had allergy problems this time of year before in our location
before now, though.
Sukie (not a vet)
Recommended ferret health links:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/
http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html
http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/
http://www.ferretcongress.org/
http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml
http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
------------------------------------
Yahoo! Groups Links
<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/
<*> Your email settings:
Individual Email | Traditional
<*> To change settings online go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/join
(Yahoo! ID required)
<*> To change settings via email:
mailto:ferrethealth-digest@yahoogroups.com
mailto:ferrethealth-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com
<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
ferrethealth-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/